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Drumelzier Castle is a settlement located in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. The monument lies approximately 780 metres east of Drumelzier Castle itself, occupying a hillside site above the Tweed valley. The underlying bedrock comprises Shinnel and Glenlee formations, undifferentiated wacke deposits laid down during the Ashgill period of the Ordovician, which provided a firm foundation for medieval settlement.
The site represents a significant example of medieval occupation in the Borders uplands. Such settlements typically developed in close association with the castles that dominated the region, often serving as support communities for lordly residences. The landscape around Drumelzier, shaped by Ordovician geology and glacial activity, offered both defensible position and access to river transport via the Tweed.
The settlement is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3043, recognising its archaeological importance and potential to yield evidence of medieval rural life. The nearby castle, one of the region's key strongholds, would have exercised considerable economic and military influence over such dependent settlements throughout the medieval period and beyond.
Drumelzier Castle,settlement 780m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3043. View the official record →
Drumelzier Castle is a settlement located in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3043.
Drumelzier Castle,settlement 780m E of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3043.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanhope, unenclosed platform settlement SE of Shaw Burn (5.3 km), Chester Knowes, enclosure (5.6 km), Stanhope,platform settlement,field system & farmstead S of Taberon Law (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drumelzier Castle,settlement 780m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Drumelzier Castle,settlement 780m E of stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.